Oh man, last week was super insane to say the least. But few things have been as glorious, as depressing, and hilarious as watching Atlanta rapper B.o.B get taken down intellectually by my favorite scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. DISCLAIMER: This is the part where I start to nerd out about two of my most favorite things…

I am late getting into 2016, but holy shit!!! what a year it has been so far. It’s insane. But alas, it’s that time of year again when the nominations for awards go up and out for all the work that people have done in film and media for the last year. Most recently, everyone…

Nigerian pop sensation David Adeleke a.k.a. Davido, 23, welcomed a daughter – Imade Aurora Adeleke in May 2015. He kept the news relatively quiet but popular Nigerian ‘journalist’ Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine announced to the world that his niece Sophie Momodu was the mother of Davido’s child and ended whatever effort Davido had put…

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Garvey “A culture is dying, fading like the embers on a cold freezing morning. We neglected our gods, a tradition that held our clans together. We embraced the white man’s religion, and things are no…

Rape is simple. Most of us, if we sat down to truly think about it, would find this very easy to understand. But rape is also a bad word. So even when actions portray this heinous crime, we don’t want to claim such a dirty word. We quibble over definitions and boundaries. Was it really…

Sometimes I think that the people who ponder the most about relationships are those who aren’t in one. Last week, I was having a conversation with a girl that I was interested in and the topic drifted to past romances. She told me that she felt like she’s been unlucky in love, especially because she…

A few weeks ago, news got to Nigerian Twitter of a young woman who, on her wedding day, presented a certificate of her ‘purity’ to her father who is a pastor. First off, I just want to call all manners and shapes and sizes of BULLSHIT. Complete and total. It’s so ridiculously funny; I don’t…

Good morning people! Never have the Monday morning blues overcome me so strongly, damn it. Can every week end with a long weekend please? I much prefer this. Ugh. The only comfort is in the fact that this week is also a short week! God just knew what I could handle and finessed the whole…

I don’t know if you guys are nerds about public policy like I am but recently, Amnesty International, a world renowned NGO, dropped a bombshell by releasing a statement saying that they’re advocating for the decriminalization of prostitution. Obviously, this announcement wasn’t met with people holding hands and singing Kumbaya. The firestorm from the debates…

Oh Ziauddin Yousafzai, How do I love thee, Let me count the ways….. Okay, so I’m not really going to compose a sonnet for the man, especially one in the vein of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s classic, “How Do I Love Thee.” That said, I really do love the man. He’s completely amazing in every way.…

In my dyed armpits post, I mentioned that I had some thoughts about Ndani TV’s latest shows. Well, here we go: Recently, I started watching this new show on Ndani TV’s YouTube channel call, “Skinny Girl In Transit.” Basically, the show is a comedy about an overweight woman who is being guilted into weight loss and…

The way I see it, in every kind of movement, there are activists and there are allies. The activists are the frontline soldiers championing the cause because the issue at hand directly affects them, while allies are people who sympathise with the movement’s ideals without necessarily being its core constituency. So, for instance, we can…

If you haven’t heard, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner ended their 10 year marriage last week. They released the following statement: “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask…